11:51 PM,
Nov. 6, 2013

Jose and Liliana Reyes talk about their son Jose on Monday at their lawyer's office in Reno. Photo taken 11/04/2013

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The father of the Sparks Middle School shooter told a school counselor he was responsible for his son's black eye and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse charges, police and court records show.

Assistant District Attorney John Helzer wrote in an email Wednesday that Jose Horacio Reyes, 32, also known as Reyes-Mandujano, fully cooperated with authorities in the incident nearly two years ago and that investigators found no other incidents "remotely similar involving Mr. Reyes with his son or others."

"I completely support the action taken and, given the same facts in another ...